Pocket savings bank



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ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrice.

OSCAR '1. SUNDIN, or rnovrnnivon, ,RI-IIODEISLAND. assreuon T PHILIP FLORIN,

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POCKET SAVINGS BANK.

Application filed December 22, 1924; Serial No. 757,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR T. Sunnis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Savings Banks, of which the following is a Specification.

' My invention relates to that type of savings bank intended for carriage in the pocket or pocketbook of the wearer, and wherein the coins are disposed in columns edge to edge. This type of portable bank may, when filled, be submitted to a savings institution where the deposited coins are removed by an authorized person andplaced on permanent deposit.

The essential objects of my invention are to insure sufficient thinness of structure to avoid distension of the wearers pocket, and permit its use even in a flat pocket book or bill fold; to provide a maximum coin capacity in a minimum of space; and to render all the coins contained in the structure visible from a single side of the latter, whereby time and labor in counting the contents are lessened.

Other objects are security, lightness, and inexpensiveness of construction.

To the above ends primarily my invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification Figures 1, 2, and 3 are a front elevation, a top plan view, and a bottom plan view re spectively of a bank embodying my invention,

Figures 1 and 5, sections of the same on lines 4-4 of Figure 1, and 5-5 of Figure 6 respectively,

Figure 6, a top plan view of the bank with the top removed,

Figure 7, a detail perspective view of one of the coin shields,

Figure 8, a perspective view of the top reversed,

Figure 9, a fragmentary side elevation of the lower portion of the body with the bot tom cap removed,

Figure 10, a section of the device on line 10-10 of Figure 1,

Figurell, a plan view of the bottom cap removed, and

Figure 12, a detail view of the key.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

In the form of my invention herein illustrated my bank is constructed throughoutoit thin sheet metalrand comprises a body 15 composed of a series of transversely inclined flat tubes 16 of uniform width. forming vertical, longitudinally disposed pockets 1?. Each tube comprises parallel front and rear walls 18, and rounded side walls 20'. The rear wall of one tube overlaps the front wall of the adjacent tube in this instance covering" the major portion of the width of the,

latter. The engaging faces of the tubes are united by solder or otherwise. Each tube is provided in the uncovered area of its front and rear walls with longitudinal series of sight openings 21.

The upper end of my device is closed, in this instance by a cap 2 1, comprising, a top plate 25 and depending flange 26. The top 25 conforms in outline with the general transverse outline of the body, while the flange 26 is fixed by solder or otherwise to the side walls 20 of the tubes 16. The plate 25 is provided with a series of inclined oblong slots 27 adapted to severally register with the coin pockets 17 The coins are inserted into the pockets17 through the slots 27, and to prevent accidental escape of the inserted coins the usual shields 29 may be employed. Such a shield is shown in Figure 7, and their disposition is shown in Figures 5 and 6. 'These shields are formed of extremely thin resilient metal comprising arched central portions 30, resting on the edges of the tube walls, and inclined wings 31 depending into the pockets 17 adjacent to or in contact with each other. The plate 25 rests upon the arched portions 30, and the coins inserted through the slots 27 pass between the yielding wings into the pockets 17.'

The bottom of the body is closed by a detachable cap 32 comprising a bottom plate 33 and a vertical peripheral flange 34. The plate 33 abuts against the lower end of the body 15, and the flange embraces the lower portion of the latter. Upon a pin or stud 36 in the center of the plate is pivotally mounted intermediate its length an arm or lever 37 having upon its ends oppositely disposed lateral lugs 38. A flat spring 39 has one end fixed by solder or otherwise to the plate 33 with its bent free end 41 engaging one side of the arm 87. Adjacent the opposite side of the arm the plate 33 is provided with a key hole 43. The lower end of the body is centrally cut away to form a recess 45, as shown in Figure 9. This is to receive and permit movement of the arm 37 therein. At opposite sides of the cavity the walls of the tubes are provided with holes 47, as shown in Figure 10, in which normally extend the lugs 38 which are retained therein by the spring 39. hen it is desired to unlock and remove the cap 32 from the body so that the coins in thet-ubes may be removed it is necessary to force the arm 37 against the pressure of the spring to permit withdrawal of the lugs 38 from the holes 47. This is effected by a key 49 whose shank enters the key hole 43 and whose tongue 31 is turned against the arm 37 as .shown in broken lines in Figure 1. o

It will be observed that the transversely inclined overlapping character of the tubes 16 produces a minimum thickness of the body 15, while the number and capacity of the pockets 17 are relatively multiplied. The inclined character of the narrower or unbroken sides of the body as well as the mentioned thinness of the body contribute to accommodate the device to any pocket.

I claim In a bank of the type set forth, a body comprising laterally connected successive overlapping flat tubes, said body being provided with a recess in its lower end, and with holes communicating with the recess, a top upon the body provided with inclined coin slots registering with the pockets, a detachable cap comprising a plate abutting against the bottom of the body to close the pockets, a flange upon the plate embracing the tubes, an arm pivotally mounted on the plate and extending into the recess, lugs on the arm registerable in the holes, and a spring carried by the plate pressing one side of the arm, said plate being provided with a hole adjacent the other side of the arm.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. OSCAR T. SUND IN. 

